Results of Educations in a Pediatrics Hospital Aiming to Prevent Contamination of Blood Culture
INTRODUCTION: Blood culture (BC) is the gold standard test in diagnosis of bacteremia. Also, it is a frequently used test in pediatric patients. The objective of this study was to observe the changes in contamination rates after educations about obtaining BC. METHODS: Rates of contaminations and tr...
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| author | İrfan Oğuz Şahin Ayşegül Elbir Şahin Deniz Ökdemir Fatih Gürbüz Hatice Şanlı Güneş |
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| description | INTRODUCTION: Blood culture (BC) is the gold standard test in diagnosis of bacteremia. Also, it is a frequently used test in pediatric patients. The objective of this study was to observe the changes in contamination rates after educations about obtaining BC. METHODS: Rates of contaminations and true positive results and contaminant agents were analyzed retrospectively at 2007 in a pediatrics hospital. At 2008, periodic educations about sample obtaining techniques of BC were given to medical personnels who were the sample collectors in this hospital and same parameters were analyzed prospectively. RESULTS: After educations, rate of true positive results was increased from 3.9% to 6.9%. Contamination rate was decreased from 8.73% to 6.94%. Members of skin flora were the major contaminant agents both before and after educations. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Periodic educations about sample obtaining technique of BC should be useful in decreasing the contamination rates in pediatric patients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-023b338cab9e4423be7918fe20877c062023-12-03T08:51:20ZengVan Yuzuncu Yil University, School of MedicineVan Tıp Dergisi2587-03512018-01-012511510.5505/vtd.2018.18291VTD-18291Results of Educations in a Pediatrics Hospital Aiming to Prevent Contamination of Blood Cultureİrfan Oğuz Şahin0Ayşegül Elbir Şahin1Deniz Ökdemir2Fatih Gürbüz3Hatice Şanlı Güneş4Pediatrics Department, Ankara Childrens Hematology Oncology Training And Research Hospital, Ankara, TurkeyAnesthesiology And Reanimation, Ankara Atatürk Training And Research Hospital, Ankara, TurkeyPediatrics Department, Ankara Childrens Hematology Oncology Training And Research Hospital, Ankara, TurkeyPediatrics Department, Ankara Childrens Hematology Oncology Training And Research Hospital, Ankara, TurkeyPediatrics, Sivas Numune Hospital, Sivas, TurkeyINTRODUCTION: Blood culture (BC) is the gold standard test in diagnosis of bacteremia. Also, it is a frequently used test in pediatric patients. The objective of this study was to observe the changes in contamination rates after educations about obtaining BC. METHODS: Rates of contaminations and true positive results and contaminant agents were analyzed retrospectively at 2007 in a pediatrics hospital. At 2008, periodic educations about sample obtaining techniques of BC were given to medical personnels who were the sample collectors in this hospital and same parameters were analyzed prospectively. RESULTS: After educations, rate of true positive results was increased from 3.9% to 6.9%. Contamination rate was decreased from 8.73% to 6.94%. Members of skin flora were the major contaminant agents both before and after educations. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Periodic educations about sample obtaining technique of BC should be useful in decreasing the contamination rates in pediatric patients.https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=vtd&un=VTD-18291blood culturecontaminationeducationchildren |
| spellingShingle | İrfan Oğuz Şahin Ayşegül Elbir Şahin Deniz Ökdemir Fatih Gürbüz Hatice Şanlı Güneş Results of Educations in a Pediatrics Hospital Aiming to Prevent Contamination of Blood Culture Van Tıp Dergisi blood culture contamination education children |
| title | Results of Educations in a Pediatrics Hospital Aiming to Prevent Contamination of Blood Culture |
| title_full | Results of Educations in a Pediatrics Hospital Aiming to Prevent Contamination of Blood Culture |
| title_fullStr | Results of Educations in a Pediatrics Hospital Aiming to Prevent Contamination of Blood Culture |
| title_full_unstemmed | Results of Educations in a Pediatrics Hospital Aiming to Prevent Contamination of Blood Culture |
| title_short | Results of Educations in a Pediatrics Hospital Aiming to Prevent Contamination of Blood Culture |
| title_sort | results of educations in a pediatrics hospital aiming to prevent contamination of blood culture |
| topic | blood culture contamination education children |
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